Cuspidor.



T. L. THATGHER.

GUSPIDOR.

APPLIOATIONIILED AUG. 31. 1908.

921,483, Patented May 11, 1909 2655263565: ai-E/[MI/ WW? I 45 mentary viewshowin'g manner of interlock a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at I i new and useful Improvementsin Cuspidors,

of which the followmgis a specification.

.My lnventlon relates to receptacles and accessible to the hand in cleaning; to furnish mag concern i l i fectant in liquid orm,-p'rovision being made fumes from the disinfecting chamber into the UNITED :PATENT OFFICE.

. manna-s IQQVIHATCHER, or

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'B'ei known that I, TI-IoMAsL. Tmircnnn,

Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Vi'isconsin, haveinvented certain refers especially to cuspidors.

The chief objects of the improvements which form the subject matter of this application are to provide a receptacle of the character stated that can 'be more readily ke )t in a sanitary condition than those in orrinary use by reason ofits construction which will permit the receptacle or chamber containing the refuse matter. to be readily a plurality of connected receptacles each adapted to aparticular purpose and to adapt one of these'rece tacles to contain a disinby a connecting passage way to conduct the refuse container.

Further objects of my invention are to\ provide means for detachably connecting certain sections of the structure in such a manner by interlocking devices that the entire'article will be held firmly when assembled and may be carried about or even overturned without dismantling the parts, and to fur nish spacing elements for the connected members to center them relatively to each other. 7

I accomplish thedesired results by means of the structure illustrated in'the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this application, and'in which the details of construction are disclosed in the following views:-

Figure '1 is a vertical median section through a cuspidor embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the uppermost section; Fig. 3 is a top plan vlew of the refuse receptacle, and Fig. 4 1s a fragin the outer section.

eferring'to the details of the drawing the numeral 5 indicates a basic shell or receptaole, circular in horizontal section, and having its side walls convexly expanded, as shown at 6, to increase the. capacity of the cavity, but leaving the upper and lower ends of like diameter. This receptacle is intendf cusr rnonj 7& Z-,specifiationiofgLetters Patent.

ed for the reception of a disinfecting liquid 7,

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" and is 1 therefore furnisliedwith an integral bottom plate 8. he upper portion offv the outer shellhas a vertical wal 9 forming a neck. Within the said shell-5 is loosely. fitted a cup or container 10, .furnishe'd with spacing lugs or fenders 11 placed at an angular distance apart of 120 degrees upon the outside of said container, in proxirnity to the upper and lower margins.

0 These lugs engage the cylindrlcal portions of the said. re-

ceptacle 5. Above the said cup, or cont iner 10, and resting upon the upper margin t ereof is a basin-shaped deflecting member or receiver 12, having a widely flaring margin 13,- .of a form similar to that commonly met with in utensils of this character. The lower portion 14 is contracted and furnished with a central aperture 15 which is directly over the cup 10. Upon the under surface of the contracted portion of the said member 12 are placed ribs orlugs 16, which are adapted to engage the margin of the cup 10, in the manner shown in Fig. 1. There are a number of these ribs arranged at s aced intervals, and they serve to support t e basin or deflector 12 upon the cup margin leaving an interval between the members 10 and 12 to permit the fumes from the disinfectant to find a ready passage to the interior of said cup 10, as. shown by the arrows in Fig. 1. Surrounding the part l4 'of said deflector is a cylindrical dependent collar 17, having its upper margin secured in any convenient or desirable manner to the outside of said deflector or basin. The lower edge of the collar extends slightly below the bottom margin of the deflector and is adapted to telescope over the neck 9, making a fairly tight joint where they overlap. This collar and neck are connected by a bayonet joint consisting of lugs 18 located diametrically opposite each other on the neck 9 and ada tedtoengage angular slots 19 in the said co ar. By this arrangement the members 5'and 12 are held. firmly together and ma be readily se arated when it 1s desired to cean the utensl or replenish the disinfectant. As the can 10 is spaced by the fenders or lugs 11 and engage b the ribs 16, at its uppermargin it will be he d se-, curely in position and kept from shaking or rattling when the article 1s moved, I prefer to employ sheet metal 1n the construction of my improved cus dor, and to form the sections so far as may e by stamping or spinning,,in order that the surfaces may be free' as ossible from seams and joints 3 lugs on the container, a deflecting member which Won (1 interfere -with the proper cleansing of the receptacles.

Having thus descri ed myinvention, what I claim as new, is v 1. In a receptacle of the-character stated,

the combination of a shell',"a container in the shell, spacing lugs attached to the container,

a deflecting member superposed upon said shell and said collar.

shell and container, a series of ribs attached tothe deflecting member and engaging said container, and means for interlocking said deflecting member with the shell.

2. In a receptacle of the character stated, the combinatlon of a shell having a contracted neck, a container in the shell, spacing superposed upon said shell and extending be- .low; its upper margin, and having a central aperture communicating with said container, a series of ribs on the deflectingmember engaging the upper margin of the ontainer, a collar depending from the deflec ing member and telescoping with the neck of the shell, and a bayonet joint-interlockingthe In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses' 1 THOMAS L. 'IHATGHER; Witnessesz. a 1 i a WAYNE C.-T ULLY, OLE T. LARsoN: 

